Over the three months to April, non-food retail rose by 0.3 per cent while online sales of non-food products were up by 8.2 per cent over the same period. In store sales fell 1.3 per cent. UK retail sales have registered their biggest ...
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Harman Kardon has officially announced the first intelligent speaker to feature Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant, following a teaser earlier on Monday. The new Harman Kardon Invoke is the result of a partnership between Microsoft ...
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Apple is almost always embroiled in an acquisition rumour, and the latest predictions put Netflix – amongst others – in the Silicon Valley store window. This week, we learned that Apple now has cash reserves totalling an ...
Microsoft’s Windows 10 S has certainly set the cat among the proverbial pigeons in the budget laptop space. The slimmed down version of Windows 10 will compete directly with Google’s Chrome OS and the Chromebook range with a ...
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Cascades, a leader in the recycling and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue paper products, has announced the arrival of Cascades EVOK on the American market. These are the first polystyrene foam trays which contains a minimum of ...
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Flowers Foods has announced an improved organizational structure aimed to provide greater focus on the company strategic objectives under Project Centennial, stress brand growth and innovation in line with a national branded food company, ...
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Kobo has released a smaller, lighter version of the Kobo Aura One ebook reader that’s just as waterproof as the original. The new Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 could be the perfect addition to your poolside reading arsenal this summer, ...
Bethesda has teased two new game reveals for this year’s E3 gaming convention. Hype season for E3 2017 is in full swing, and that’s mainly because big games firms are now dropping major hints about what they’ll showcase ...
Bosch Packaging Technology is set to exhibit its new industry 4.0 solutions, which are designed to enhance manufacturing operations, at this year’s Interpack event. Format part management, which is based on RFID technology, will ...
Esko is set to showcase a range of solutions for the packaging industry at this year’s Interpack event in Germany. The event will take place from 4 to 10 May in Düsseldorf. Esko, along with its sister companies VideoJet, ...
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BlackBerry’s latest smartphone has finally launched in the UK, although it’s not easy to get your hands on one. The BlackBerry KeyOne is now available to purchase in the UK, although stock is limited to just one retailer ...
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UK-based Cepac has introduced new curved corrugated product, dubbed Arcwise. Claimed to be the country’s first curved corrugated product, Arcwise incorporates quality printing with corrugated cardboard to bend in smooth and ...
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Brick Brewing , Ontario's largest Canadian-owned brewery, has introduced Landshark Lager in new 15-can pack. The Beach Beer of Summer is now available in regular-sized, 355ml cans in a 15-can pack. "Landshark Lager was a pretty huge hit ...
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A new Apple data powered entirely by renewable energy will allow its excess heat energy to be used to keep local homes warm, a report by Macworld says. Data centres generate a great deal of excess heat, and are generally not regarded as ...
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Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has reported financial results for its first quarter, ending 2 April 2017. First Quarter Highlights First quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.53, ...